Re: how to make a global scope array

Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Sat, 26 Jul 2003 at 00:50, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. > Ouch! > Sometimes I wish global didn't exist Yes, it can be better to pass in a variable (by reference if you need to write to it from within a function and not have it as the value that you return), e.g. function doSomething(&$a){ $a = 20; return true; // to signify success } $a = 10; doSomething($a); echo $a; // prints 20 -- phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/ Professional Web Development by David Nicholson http://www.djnicholson.com/ QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you? http://www.quizsender.com/ (developed entirely in PHP)